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Blizzard is teasing a new StarCraft game.

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Overview

BlizzCon is coming up, and fans are closely monitoring Blizzard’s website activity for hints about what will be announced.

Shortly before the event, a “glitchy”/broken effect appeared on the StarCraft (specifically StarCraft 1) page—something not seen on the StarCraft 2 page. Viewers then inspected the page source and discovered embedded, machine-like “logs” and hidden text strings that appear intentionally placed.

The Hidden “ARG” Messages

The concealed messages reference a Dominion operation involving:

  • Shipping crates to a planet named Roxara
  • Using a specific unit/squadron: “Theta Squadron”
  • Details such as:
    • Docking preparation
    • Cargo manifests
    • System checks
    • Medical-record-style snippets
    • Transmission log recovery/uploading

The speaker emphasizes that the content doesn’t directly confirm what game will be revealed. Still, the combination of lore references and ARG-style “communications” is treated as strong evidence that Blizzard intends to make a StarCraft-related announcement at BlizzCon.

Lore Connections (Subsurion)

A lore-focused contributor, Subsurion, expands the connections:

  • Roxara is a fringe Dominion planet that appears in older StarCraft supplementary material, including the Frontline comic “Fear the Reaper”.
  • Related fiction set around Roxara’s moon—especially the story “Changeling”—features Dominion experiments and “changeling” creatures that attack and replicate Zeta Squadron during training.
  • The hidden “Theta Squadron” details are discussed as potentially introducing a new unit connected to these existing lore themes and locations.

Overall, the conclusion is that the materials mostly add atmosphere and speculation, rather than clearly revealing specific plot points.

What Blizzard Could Announce

The discussion then shifts to expectations for what Blizzard’s announcement might be:

  • Reportedly, the BlizzCon schedule doesn’t list any major StarCraft segment beyond legacy/show matches (old-team matches for StarCraft 1/2).
  • There appears to be at least one blank slot in the opening-ceremony lineup where a reveal could fit.
  • The main speaker doubts it’s StarCraft 3 immediately.
  • The speaker repeatedly warns against a mobile game, implying that if a StarCraft reveal happens, it’s more likely to be PC-oriented—possibly even an extraction-shooter–style concept—rather than another mobile title optimized for monetization.

Additional Rumors (Nexon / IP)

There’s also mention of a rumor:

  • A South Korean report claimed Nexon wants to buy the StarCraft IP.
  • This is dismissed as weak “copy-paste” journalism, allegedly based on licensing talk rather than a true IP acquisition.

Even though the claim is considered unreliable, it contributes to the broader sense that new third-party or cross-company StarCraft projects could be possible.

Conclusion

Overall, the coverage lands on two key points:

  1. The StarCraft page glitch/ARG content strongly suggests that StarCraft will be featured at BlizzCon.
  2. The format and scale remain unclear—potentially ranging from a smaller update (like an expansion or card-related update) up to something larger, but not necessarily StarCraft 3 right away.

Fans largely hope for a proper PC game, rather than a mobile or heavily monetized derivative.

Presenters / Contributors

  • Loco (main speaker/host)
  • Subsurion (lore/ARG explainer)

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